James Hornbeck:  

College I majored in Hibbie, Hammie, and Heiland. Drinking, singing, acting. Tried to emulate the classic English rogue, Tom Jones. Falling in love with love. Driven by lust. Wasted opportunities for a higher education and a degree. But in doing so, I found my soul's calling ... and become an artist ... an actor / director / producer / singer / songwriter. The experience of attending a Quaker Liberal Arts College changed my life. It introduced me to an international community that opened my parochial eyes to a different world than the racist, small minded world of my family and upbringing. My 4 years there redefined who I was. I became political. I found out I identified with liberal Democratic politics more than the rigid, conservative, self serving Republican dogma of Barry Goldwater. I saw students opposing the war in Vietnam. I wondered why? I explored the situation later became an anti-war advocate. I viewed the civil rights movement from a racist's POV and came to the realization that my thinking was wrong. The violence and disrespe...Expand for more